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We have a Bible verse every day, a quote from a significant other, and a joke to give you a smile.

Feb. 15, 2024

A Verse:

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, a whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:2-4

 
A Quote:

"The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts."

Earl Nightingale


A Joke:

Singing in the shower is fun until you get soap in your mouth.

Then it's a soap opera

Feb. 14, 2024

A Verse:

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

Hebrews 12:7,8

A Quote:

"The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficult situation."

Winston Churchill

 

A Joke:

Why do fathers take an extra pair of socks when they go golfing?

In case they get a hole in one!

Feb. 13, 2024

A Verse:

Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.

2 Timothy 2:23,24

 
A Quote:

"Successful, self-starting individuals seek responsibility. They take calculated risks and don't make excuses."

Nido R. Qubein


A Joke:

My wife said I should do lunges to stay in shape.

That would be a big step forward.

Feb. 12, 2024

A Verse:

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Timothy 6:10


A Quote:

"If you talk, you only repeat something that you already know. But if you listen, you map learn something that you don't know."

Bud Grant


A Joke:

I'm afraid for the calendar.

Its days are numbered.

Feb. 8, 2024

A Verse:

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:26-28

 
A Quote:

"People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything."

Thomas Sowell
 

A Joke:

I told my wife she should do lunges to stay in shape.

That would be a big step forward.

Feb. 7, 2024

A Verse:

Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 1:28-32

 
A Quote:

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six.  Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

Shirley Temple


A Joke:

Why don't eggs tell jokes?

Because they might crack up.

Feb. 6, 2024

A Verse:

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Romans 1:20

 
A Quote:

"You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time."

Charles Kettering


A Joke:

How does a penguin build its house?

Igloos it together.

Feb. 5, 2024

A Verse:

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.

1 Thess. 5,19-22

 
A Quote:

"It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up."

Vince Lombardi


A Joke:

What do you call a factory that makes good products?

 

A Satis-Factory.

Feb. 2, 2024

A Verse:

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.

1 Thess. 5,19-22

A Quote:

"It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up." - Vince Lombardi

A Joke:

What do you call a factory that makes good products?

A Satisfactory

Feb. 1, 2024

A Verse:

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

2 Peter 1:3,4

 
A Quote:

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

Tony Robbins
 

A Joke:

Why did the bicycle fall over?

Because it was two-tired.

Jan. 31, 2024

A Verse:

Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
Psalm 51:5,6

A Quote:

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi


A Joke:

I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.

Jan. 30, 2024

A Verse:

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

 
A Quote:

"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday."

Anonymous


A Joke:

What do you call fake spaghetti?

An impasta.

Jan. 29, 2024

A Verse:

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Galatians 6:9

 
A Quote:

"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."

Mark Twain
 

A Joke:

Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon?

Great food, no atmosphere.

Jan. 26, 2024

A Verse:

yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

Romans 4:20-21

 
A Quote:

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

Winston Churchill


A Joke:

Why did the scarecrow win an award?

Because he was outstanding in his field.

Jan. 25, 2024

A Verse:

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6

 
A Quote:

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

Walt Disney
 

A Joke:

I told my wife she should embrace her mistakes.

She gave me a hug.

Jan 24, 2024

A Verse:

In view of this, I also [a]do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

Acts 24:16

 
A Quote:

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

 Christian D. Larson
 

A Joke:

How do you make holy water?

You boil the hell out of it.

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